{"id":25424,"date":"2025-07-18T14:36:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/base-network-boosts-speed-tenfold-with-flashblocks-update\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:36:03","slug":"base-network-boosts-speed-tenfold-with-flashblocks-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/base-network-boosts-speed-tenfold-with-flashblocks-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Base Network Boosts Speed Tenfold with Flashblocks Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Layer 2 network Base has implemented the Flashblocks update, reducing block creation time from two seconds to 200 milliseconds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Base is now 10x faster<\/p>\n<p>Flashblocks are live on Base, speeding up effective block times from 2 seconds to 200 milliseconds and making it the fastest EVM chain today<\/p>\n<p>From &#8216;click&#8217; to &#8216;confirmed&#8217; in the time it takes to think <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o7t4m2X6K9\">pic.twitter.com\/o7t4m2X6K9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Base Build (@buildonbase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buildonbase\/status\/1945618401013239880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;From click to confirmation in a moment,&#8221; commented the project team on the transaction speed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The technology was developed in partnership with Flashbots and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/base-to-boost-mainnet-speed-tenfold-with-flashblocks\">tested<\/a> on the Sepolia network since February.<\/p>\n<p>With this acceleration, Base can now compete with other Layer 2 networks like Arbitrum, where block time is around two seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Developers believe this will open opportunities for high-frequency trading, on-chain gaming, and rapid social interactions in the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/coinbase-introduces-base-app-a-super-app-with-social-networking-and-payments\">new Base App<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Block, Base leads in daily active users among Ethereum rollups.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/data\/scaling-solutions\/optimistic-rollups\/active-addresses-on-optimistic-rollups-daily-7dma\/embed\" title=\"Active Addresses on Optimistic Rollups (Daily, 7DMA)\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The project ranks sixth among networks in the DeFi ecosystem by <span data-descr=\"total value locked\" class=\"old_tooltip\">TVL<\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-135822-1024x541.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-07-18 135822\" class=\"wp-image-262284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-135822-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-135822-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-135822-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-135822-1536x812.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-135822.png 1610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/chains\">DeFi Llama<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Base reaches a peak of 1267 <span data-descr=\"transactions per second\" class=\"old_tooltip\">TPS<\/span> with a theoretical limit of 1429 TPS. In comparison, Solana&#8217;s figures are 2909 TPS and 65,000 TPS, according to Chainspect.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-141943-1024x506.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-07-18 141943\" class=\"wp-image-262285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-141943-1024x506.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-141943-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-141943-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-07-18-141943.png 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/chainspect.app\/dashboard\">Chainspect<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of writing, Base records 111.3 TPS, while the &#8220;people&#8217;s cryptocurrency&#8221; logs 1280 TPS.<\/p>\n<p>Back in May, the Coinbase-backed network <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/base-rivals-solana-with-nearly-1000-transactions-per-second\">recorded<\/a> nearly 1000 transactions per second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Layer 2 network Base has implemented the Flashblocks update, reducing block creation time from two seconds to 200 milliseconds. Base is now 10x faster Flashblocks are live on Base, speeding up effective block times from 2 seconds to 200 milliseconds and making it the fastest EVM chain today From &#8216;click&#8217; to &#8216;confirmed&#8217; in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1321,1159,1134],"class_list":["post-25424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-base","tag-solana-sol","tag-technical-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"165","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}